Overview
The International Competitions and Assessments for Schools (ICAS) are secure pen and paper assessments which are invigilated in schools under normal examination conditions. ICAS reports describe individual student, cohort and school academic performance in the areas of Computer Skills, English, Mathematics, Science, Spelling and Writing for students in their primary and secondary years of schooling.
ICAS is the largest independent assessment program in Australia and New Zealand with over 6,300 schools and one million entries placed annually. Students from over 20 countries in Asia, Africa, Europe, Pacific and the USA also actively participate in ICAS each year.
Key features of ICAS
• High quality assessments.
• ICAS items (questions and tasks) are skills-based.
• Comparison of individual student and school performance to previous results.
• Results show student and school’s relative position against a high achieving test population.
• Secure access to an interactive online reporting system to view items and to perform additional analysis of results.
School benefits
• Identify gifted students for further enrichment.
• Identify students that require immediate attention.
• Identify areas of strength and weakness at an individual and group level.
• Additional independent data to inform school planning and resource allocation.
• An opportunity to celebrate healthy competition and academic excellence within the school community.
Schools receive
• Quality full-colour test booklets written by subject experts.
• An administration guide to assist supervising teachers invigilate ICAS.
• Self-addressed envelopes for returning students’ responses for marking.
• Detailed school reports highlighting students’ strengths and weaknesses.
• A school code and password to access the ICAS items and results online.
• Student performance data which can be downloaded into Excel spreadsheets .
Each student receives
• An experience in large scale examinations.
• engaging and challenging full-colour test booklets.
• individual diagnostic reports highlighting strengths and weaknesses.
• each year’s results on the same scale to highlight progress from one year to the next.
• A password to access their online portal to view their test items and results.
• A High Distinction, Distinction, Credit or Participation Certificate to enrich their academic portfolio.
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